Altar-tabernacle.



' PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

J. RAUWALD.

ALTAR TABERNAGLE. APPLICATION FILD APR.9,1906.

JOSEPH RAUWALD, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSN.

ALTAR-TABERNACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

Application filed April 9, 1906. Serial No. 310,764.

T aZZ whom it-may conccrn:

Beit known that I, JOSEPH RAUWALD, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAltar-Tabernacles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,Clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in certain peouliarities of construction andcombination of parts herein shown, described, and olaimed, its objectbeing to avoid the inconvenience of hinged closures foraltar-tabernacles and at the same time to provide for screeningmonstrances within such tabernacles without turning said monstrancesfrom a position facing outward from the altars.

Figure 1 of the acoompanying drawings represents a front elevation of anopen altartabernacle in accordance with my invention,

partly in section, on the plane indicated by line 1 1 in the next figureof the series, the

by dotted representation of a monstrance being shown lines on the thronewithin said tabernacle; Fig. 2, a horizontal section view on the planeindicated by line 2 2 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 a plan view, partly inhorizontal section, of a fragment ofthe structure, this view beingindicated by lines 3 3'in Fig. 1.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates the mensa of an altar,and B a tabernacle-casing thereon. Fastened by sorews or other suitablemeans on the base of the casing, central of same, is the disk flange I)of a pivot-post d, that eXtends upward through the annular bottom C of aframe that also comprises standards D and an annular top E,

said standards being parallel to eaoh other and preferably outwardlyconcave to provide niches. Fastened to the bottom of the frame by screwsor other suitable means is a wearplate 6, that enciroles the pivot-post61 and bears upon the flange I) of same. An angular recess inthepivot-pst serves as a socket in which to stop a corresponding angularshank j, that extends through a-throne F Within the confines of saidfrarne and islprovided with a disk flange g,.fastened by screws orotherwise to the throne-bottom. .Likewise secured to the throne is aplate h, that rests upon the pivot-post aforesaid. A soreW i ispreferably extended through the shank f into the pivot-post d, the headof the screw being countersunk in said shank flush with the fiange ofsame, and this fiange is countersunk in the throne.

The contour of the back G of the throne is preferably five sidesof anoctagonal inclosure, and fastened to the under side of the canopy H ofsaid throne central of same is the flange 7' of a pivot-pin k, engagingthe socketbore of another pivot-pin m, having a fiange n, fastened byscrews or other suitable means to the under side of the top E of theaforesaid frame central of same. The pivot-pin m extends up through awearplate p into an aperture provided in the top of thetabernaclecasing, said wear-plate.being fastened to the under side ofthe casing-top central of same.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the throne is a stationarypart of the tabernacle, and the frame aforesaid is rotative toconstitute a closre for the front opening of the tabernacle-casing, theouter niche side of one or the other-of the standards of said framebeing exposed when said tabernacle is closed. The closureframe isrotative on the pivot-post d and pivot-pin 76, and the pivot-pin 7% ofsaid frame turns in the top of the tabernaclecasing.

I claim 1. An altar-tabernacle consisting of an open-front casing havinga baseand top, a canopied throne stationary within the casing central ofsame, and a throne-screen having central rotary adjustable connectionwith the casing-base, thronecanopy and casingtop; said screenconstituting a closure for the front opening of said casing by whichcasing it is concealed when adjusted to disclose the throne.

2. An altar-tabernacle consisting of an openfront casing, a rotaryadjustable frame within the casing and comprising paralleloutwardly-concave standards either of Which is exposable to close thetabernacle, and a throne stationary within the confines of the frame.

3. An altar-tabernacle consisting of an open-front casing having thebottom thereof provided with a central upwardly-extending pivot-post, aclosure for the'casing loose on the pivot-post, a canopiedthrone havinga depending 'angular shank engaging a corresponding socket in saidpivot-post, a pivotpin extending upward from the throne-canopy centralof same and rigidly connected thereto, and another pivot-pin rigid withand extending upward from the top of said closure and bearing in the topof the casing, said first-named pivot-pin having a bearing in a socketin the lower and of said secondnamed pivotpin.

4. An altar-tabernacle consisting of an open-front casing having thebottom thereof provided Wi5h a central upwardly-extending pivotposb, aclosurofor the casing loose on ohe pivot-poso, a canoped throne having adepending angular shank engaging a correspondingsocket in saidpivot-post, a screw extending through the shank into the aforesaid post,a pivotpin extending; upward from the throne-oanopy' central of same ndrigidly connected thereto, and another pivotpin ngid wich and extendingupward from. the top of said closure and bearing in the top havehereunto set myhand, at Milwaukee, in

the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of twowitnesses.

. J OS. -RAUVVALD.

Witnesses:

N. E. OLIPHANT, GEORGE F. ALBER.

